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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Crispin manage to lose the steward and his men?
(a) At the church.
(b) In the woods.
(c) On the north road.
(d) Near the mill.

2. How does Bear feel about the laws in the country about animals?
(a) He does not know what they are.
(b) He resents them
(c) He is indifferent to them.
(d) He feels they are reasonable.

3. What does the man tell Crispin the punishment for theft is?
(a) Prison for a year.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Cutting off a hand.
(d) A public flogging.

4. What does Crispin decide to do after he escapes his village?
(a) Go to the big city.
(b) Talk to the king.
(c) Go to another country.
(d) Go to his father.

5. Why does the priest in the village tell Bear and Crispin to be careful?
(a) That Canterbuy has reported some cases of the plague.
(b) That there is a young murderer on the loose.
(c) That the one-eyed man is insane.
(d) That there are evil spirits in the woods.

6. What happens when Crispin goes to the west?
(a) He finds the way blocked by armed men.
(b) He is blinded by the afternoon sun.
(c) He loses his way.
(d) He runs into his good friend Jamie.

7. How does Crispin feel about what the steward has declared?
(a) He does not understand why he did it.
(b) He argues about it.
(c) He is happy about it.
(d) He agrees with it.

8. What does Crispin go into a village?
(a) To look for food.
(b) To get help from someone.
(c) To rent a room in an inn.
(d) To find new clothes.

9. Why is Father Quinel lying in the road?
(a) He tripped and fell.
(b) He is hiding waiting for Crispin.
(c) He has lost his cross and is looking for it.
(d) He has been murdered.

10. Who helps the boy bury his mother?
(a) Father Quinel.
(b) His best friend, Jamie.
(c) No one.
(d) The blacksmith.

11. How does Crispin feel about the man's behavior?
(a) Puzzled.
(b) Resentful and angry.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Happy.

12. What time is it when the boy wakes up?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Night-time.

13. How does the man treat Crispin?
(a) Like the son of Lord Furnival.
(b) He mocks him and treats him as if Crispin is stupid.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) As if Crispin is his younger brother.

14. Where does Crispin head after he crosses the stream?
(a) Across the moors.
(b) South through the village.
(c) Up into the mountains.
(d) East to Perkville.

15. Where does Bear say he and Crispin are going?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Essex.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crispin do when he lies beside the road?

2. What does Crispin realize about the people in the the place he finds?

3. What does Crispin find after the sight in question #46?`

4. What does Aycliffe demand from the boy?

5. What does Quinel give to the boy?

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